Tornado Watch 882

Issued

Sep 2, 2008, 3:54 PM CDT (20:54 UTC)

Expired

Sep 2, 2008, 10:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

0.5 in

Strongest gust expected

60 kt

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Two or more tornadoes

70%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

10%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

5%

Ten or more severe hail reports

5%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

5%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

40%

• Mesoscale Discussion 2205Sep 2, 3:11 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 2207Sep 2, 7:40 PM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 022052
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 882
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
350 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 

       SOUTHEAST AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
       CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
       COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 350 PM UNTIL
1000 PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 0.5 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF JACKSON
MISSISSIPPI TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA.  FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 881. WATCH NUMBER 881 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
350 PM CDT. 

DISCUSSION...THREAT FOR SUPERCELLS AND TORNADOES IN N-S RAINBANDS
WILL PERSIST INTO THE EVENING IN A MOIST ENVIRONMENT WITH STRONG
LOW-LEVEL SHEAR...E AND SE OF THE CENTER OF TD GUSTAV.  THE TORNADO
THREAT MAY GRADUALLY DIMINISH BY EARLY TONIGHT AS BOUNDARY LAYER
BASED INSTABILITY WEAKENS...AND THE WIND FIELD WEAKENS VERY SLOWLY
WITH TIME.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 0.5 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 18035.


...THOMPSON

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.